Behind the Scenes with AMC’s "Turn"

Caroline Hanania, production designer for <i>Turn</i>, talks about one of the models used in designing the set for <i>Turn</i> that was built in Petersburg to look like a New York street. She says, “I have high hopes for this [series]. The scripts are really good, and the performers are excellent.”

Production designer Caroline Hanania shows the model for the village of Setauket on New York’s Long Island. It was recreated at State Farm, on the property of the James River Correctional Center in Goochland County.

Actor Burn Gorman (from left), who plays the British Major Hewlett in Turn, talks with executive producer Craig Silverstein and Seth Numrich, who portrays American military intelligence director Benjamin Tallmadge.

Brad Watson, a Mechanicsville resident, moved to the Richmond area when he was working on the HBO mini-series John Adams. When doing fittings for the male characters, he says he tries to channel the emotion that costume designer Donna Zakowska wants through the color palette and fabric used.

A warehouse near Richmond International Raceway became the headquarters for AMC’s new series, Turn, a drama based on members of the Culper Spy Ring, a network that gathered intelligence about British troop movements for Gen. George Washington. The series premieres Sunday, April 6, at 9 p.m. Though set in New York, the filming has been done in and around Richmond. Here, we take a tour of the set and meet some of the people working on the show.